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A-330 MRTT and KC-767 Tanker: a possible coexistence?

Berlin, Germany - According to EADS, USAF could make both the air tankers enter the service but some analysts prove doubtful about the proposal feasibility

Military analysts are coming to grips with an unexpected proposal put forward by EADS-Airbus for the new air tanker destined to USAF (see for details AVIONEWS). The European aerospace group which owns Airbus together with BAe tried, without succeeding in it, to achieve an agreement with Lockheed Martin or Northrop Grumman for the production of the A-330 MRTT in the USA in order to compete with the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 109214
Rome, Italy, 12/06/2004 13:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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